Official Modern Warfare 2 thread

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BD2003

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If any part of this game really takes place in the American suburbs...that's just awesome. Can't wait!

I'm going in on midnight for the multiplayer on 360, but I'm hoping to play single player on my pc before then.
 

DrunkenSano

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Since it's almost the 10th, I need to find a cheap place to buy a 12 month xbox live card. Anyone know where to buy a cheap one? Best bet so far looks like amazon.com.
 

Kabob

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Amazon or Buy.com usually have them for $40, that's about the cheapest I know.
 

benzylic

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Has anyone's Amazon pre-orders shipped yet? I was hoping they would at least start processing it yesterday or today. If it ships tomorrow I don't really see it getting to me on release date. Oh well.
 

A5

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Has anyone's Amazon pre-orders shipped yet? I was hoping they would at least start processing it yesterday or today. If it ships tomorrow I don't really see it getting to me on release date. Oh well.

If you paid for release-day delivery, they use overnight shipping and ship it the day before release. If you used a different method, then it ships out the day of release I think.
 

benzylic

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If you paid for release-day delivery, they use overnight shipping and ship it the day before release. If you used a different method, then it ships out the day of release I think.

I did the release date delivery. I've never done it before so I just assumed it was 3-5 day shipping and they would just ship it early.

Thanks.
 

A5

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I did the release date delivery. I've never done it before so I just assumed it was 3-5 day shipping and they would just ship it early.

Thanks.

Yeah. If it's like the Forza 3 release, you'll get a bunch of e-mails around 8pm Monday night with the shipping notification and the pre-order credit.
 

nycxandy

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I did the release date delivery. I've never done it before so I just assumed it was 3-5 day shipping and they would just ship it early.

Thanks.

Same here... I'm not sure what to expect in regard to the shipping method, but I will be happy as long as it arrives on the 10th.
 

Kabob

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I thought there was no way Forza 3 would get to me on time but it certainly did. It'll go out on the 9th and be at your place on the 10th.
 

d4mo

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This game is gonna be too good. Although I easily prefered WaW to MW1.

It's awesome there is no juggernaught. Not sure what I think about the nuke. I know alot of people won't get it, but still not sure.

I also don't know what I think about the whole gunner or chopper and gunner of ac130 thing. Like it seems really cool, but it's pretty dumb that your body stays on the ground.

I really hope there isn't 1 weapon or package that gets over used. It's fun to have a variety. In WaW the MP40 was out of control.
 

BD2003

Lifer
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Just played first mission...absolutely incredible, huge step up from the first. The level of detail in the game is amazing especially considering it's a rock solid 60fps. This is going to be the FPS of the decade.
 

foghorn67

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I'm worried about the XBox Live servers crashing because of this. Nothing like taking the next day off because I picked it up at midnight only coming home to a bunch of connection errors. Please don't be like Christmas 07 again.
 

SandEagle

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Just played first mission...absolutely incredible, huge step up from the first. The level of detail in the game is amazing especially considering it's a rock solid 60fps. This is going to be the FPS of the decade.

hope you.re staying off of Live

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Modern-Warfare-2-Leaked-Bans-Forthcoming-126067.shtml

Modern Warfare 2 Leaked, Bans Forthcoming

Just one week to go

By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor
4th of November 2009, 10:30 GMT
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Several forums, most of them on the shady side of the Internet where pirates congregate, are reporting that the PC and the Xbox 360 versions of Modern Warfare 2 have already been leaked or sold early by some retailers and that pirates have ripped the contents and are offering them online.

The leaks are unusual, given the fact that they are coming about one week before the November 10 official release date, when the title arrives for the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony.

Microsoft and Activision have repeatedly warned that all players who are seen connecting to Xbox Live with leaked copies of Modern Warfare 2 before the official release date will be banned from the service and could also face legal action from the two companies. Of course, there are those who will ignore these warnings, as they did when Halo 3: ODST, one of the big releases of September, was leaked before the launch date and was played openly on Xbox Live.

Last week, a video appeared on the Internet, showing a gamer playing Modern Warfare 2 on an Xbox 360, loading up a level, apparently the fourth of the single player campaign, which involves the gamer joining terrorists as they assault an airport filled with civilians. Activision responded to the questions raised by some by saying that the sequence is optional.

The very existence of the video proves that some players already have access to the game but whether this is because some retailers have broken the street date or because some of the press copies have been leaked is not clear at the moment. Legitimate players who get the title early should probably abstain from using it on Xbox Live in order to avoid getting banned from the Microsoft service.
 

BD2003

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402 said pretty clearly on his twitter that legit games weren't going to get banned, and by now there must have been thousands of early copies sold. A few days ago, it was a different story, so I'm not too worried.

The multiplayer is as awesome as expected, it feels very well balanced. There are SO many attachments and weapons it would take 100+ levels to even get near unlocking most of them. The standard classes are also not gimped without attachments like last time, and have attachments and perks you don't get in custom classes till later. So they should remain useful throughout the game. All of the maps so far have been very well built and balanced, and most seem far larger than the average of cod4.

It's actually surpassing my expectations so far, and my expectations were extremely high to begin with.
 
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Kabob

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402 said pretty clearly on his twitter that legit games weren't going to get banned, and by now there must have been thousands of early copies sold. A few days ago, it was a different story, so I'm not too worried.

The multiplayer is as awesome as expected, it feels very well balanced. There are SO many attachments and weapons it would take 100+ levels to even get near unlocking most of them. The standard classes are also not gimped without attachments like last time, and have attachments and perks you don't get in custom classes till later. So they should remain useful throughout the game. All of the maps so far have been very well built and balanced, and most seem far larger than the average of cod4.

It's actually surpassing my expectations so far, and my expectations were extremely high to begin with.

+1, if you legally purchased your copy they will not ban you for playing early. They'll ban you for downloading it illegally.
 

BD2003

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I'm about a 3rd of the way through the single player. Without spoiling anything, I have to say that what theyve shown in the official trailers is only scratching the surface. What theyve shown in the trailers is great, but its hardly the best part...but this is all relative - this game has been awesome from the moment it started. Every other game was right to run as far away into Q1 as possible from this game. It's seriously that good. Now dont get me wrong, it's still call of duty, and theyre staying fairly close to the typical formula, but the execution is absolutely perfect. It very rare that I can find nothing to gripe about with a game, but there is absolutely nothing. Expect 10s across the board, everywhere.

I didnt expect to play this far through the single player so quickly, because MP is the biggest draw for me, but its nearly impossible to put down.

Unfortunately, I actually have to sleep at this point, but I know what Im doing allll weekend.
 

Kabob

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Aww poor baby, has to stop playing the game he got 5 days early so he can sleep.

Surely you know my heart bleeds for you
 

BD2003

Lifer
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Aww poor baby, has to stop playing the game he got 5 days early so he can sleep.

Surely you know my heart bleeds for you

It was more like a nap.

A few MP impressions -

The secondary weapons may seem far more powerful than a pistol, but it comes at a huge cost - it takes FAR longer to swap to a machine pistol or shotgun than a regular pistol. Its no longer true that its always faster to swap to your secondary than to reload, especially with sleight of hand. Anything but a pistol is useless to finish someone off in a close range firefight.

The machine pistols are sort of like a slightly weaker skorpion, but theyre even more useless from a distance. Good to run around with as sniper or when you're out of ammo, but theyre not as good as real SMGs.

The SMGs in general dont seem as useful - I havent seen too many close up only maps like vacant or cargo, and they have really steep recoil - the mp5 in particular is useless at range, I guess because its now lacking a stock. Its more like the skorpion than the old MP5. The vector is like the old MP5 - it overall strikes me as head and shoulders above the other SMGs, because its relatively small recoil allows it to at least be useful at medium range.

Double tap is now an attachment known as rapid fire, for use on SMGs only as far as I can tell. It makes the severe recoil of SMGs even worse, but its pretty good for really close quarters battle. Akimbo isnt as good as it sounds, its really only an advantage if youre like 5 feet from them.

You can supposedly shoot anything airborne, even UAVs out of the sky, but theyre so high up its impractical without a launcher. And you only get one shot with a launcher, and even UAVs take two )without stopping power pro, at least). Not to mention its so difficult to find and then target the UAV in the first place that they practically never get shot down.

I'm not sure what the AUG is doing with the LMGs - it plays just like any other assault rifle.

The M4 is still the old standby, and the SCAR-H is like the new AK - more powerful, but slower rate of fire, and only 20 in a clip. So far, its been the most effective rifle for me.

I'm not sure whats so different about the Holographic sight compared to the red dot - as far as I can tell the only difference is that the dot is a bit bigger and more transparent, so the dot doesnt completely block out the enemy. Its not a huge difference at all.
 

BD2003

Lifer
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Single player complete. I'm not sure how long it was, because I was so wrapped up in it I hadnt even begun to pay attention to the time. It seemed about as long as COD4.

Masterpiece, from start to finish. Best action game I've ever played, hands down.

Perhaps the campaign is a little short, but it's some seriously concentrated awesome. Better to have a shorter game thats so badass you want to play it more than once, than drag out the campaign with filler. There was zero filler. No infinite spawns either, as far as I could tell. The parts that most games would relegate to a cutscene, you get to participate in 100%, and it's all executed perfectly.

The story goes places not even hinted at in the trailers, and what you thought you saw is not necessarily what you're actually going to get. Seriously, try and stay away from spoilers.

Oh and that controversial scene that's been in the press over and over? Really, really disturbing. God damn.
 
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